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A very well written article. But what has Python got to do with it? Yes, "Beautiful is better than ugly." but "Form follows function." and "A witty saying proves nothing." Perl has its own culture, its own community, its own egregor and its own spirit. Do we want to be Python? Do we want to be Ruby? I would like Perl to be Perl. If I wanted Perl tu be Python, I'd use Python.

Also, there have been lots of proposals for changes, especially to the looks of various parts of the Perl infrastructure. But the probl

Do we want to be Python? Do we want to be Ruby? I would like Perl to be Perl. If I wanted Perl tu be Python, I'd use Python.

And this helps with attracting new developers to Perl exactly how? Or selling Perl to your pointy-haired boss? IMHO these two things should be the driving force ATM. The community's predominant underground attitude is cool, but Perl is not only a hobby of mine anymore, it also pays my bills and as such is a commercial tool in which I have commercial interest.

Correct. Unfortunately it's not enough to have a good "product", you also have to make it appealing utilizing some sort of marketing fu. In reality, books are still judged by their covers - and perl.org is one of the more ugly covers I've seen when it comes to language websites:)